Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Millionaire Calculator by Hans W. Egli, Zurich, Switzerland, no. 2359, eight slides, sixteen-digit capacity, multiplier-lever and regulator (for addition, multiplication, division, and subtraction) and crank on a painted brass bedplate, slide table and instruction plate on interior lid, two brass plaques reading in part: Hans W. Egli Ingenteur, and a distributer agent plaque reading: W.A. Morschhauser New York, with its original "safety screw," lg. 25 3/8, dp. 11, ht. 6 3/4 in.
Estimate $700-900
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Keywords
Hans W. Egli Ingenteur, Hans W. Egli, ZurichJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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